I don't actually have a reason for trying to build a Linux kernel with the CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT patch set. There's no way I can even measure the impact of it. Still, I felt like having a "real-time" Linux box, and set out to make one. Little did I know how difficult it would be to even get started.

This article was ok. I think the biggest thing is that, in my opinion, it doesn't quite fit in with the recent "feeling" of the articles on OSNews. There wasn't any news in it and there wasn't much of an opinion. It was just kind of a "here's something I did" article.

Instead, I think any lessons you learned about compiling a realtime kernel would be appreciated if you added them to a place like the Arch Linux wiki.